Marie Claire Brisbois
Biographic Data
| ID | 298913 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie Claire Brisbois |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Brisbois |
| SIGNATURE | BRISBOIS M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6600-7297 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 273 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Toward a Canadian agenda for sustainability transition research
Sustainability transitions research has expanded well beyond its original empirical settings, yet questions remain about how transition perspectives can be meaningfully translated across political economies with distinctive configurations of institutional, geographic, environmental, and historical characteristics. In Canada, these questions are especially salient, as political-economic particularities both complicate the application of transition…
Coping with decarbonisation: An inventory of strategies from resistance to transformation
A “coping strategies” inventory responding to decarbonisation policy is introduced. • Resistance strategies often point to unaddressed justice issues. • Bottom-up and inclusive strategies are more transformative. • A majority of strategies reproduce existing unequal logics. • Resistance strategies are often counter-intuitively linked to transformations. Decarbonisation is progressing rapidly and different actors respond to its impacts in differen…
Towards a Relational Sociology of Retrofit
Decarbonisation of residential buildings ('retrofit') is vital if nations are to meet declared net zero targets. This challenge is especially acute in the UK, which has some of the least energy efficient homes in Europe. Yet, to date, sociology has paid relatively little attention either to the urgency of this challenge or to its potential solutions. This article uses concepts from relational sociology to propose a complete reframing of the retro…
Risk perception as a motivational resource during the Covid-19 pandemic: The role of vaccination status and emerging variants
These findings suggest that risk severity served as a critical and dynamic resource for adherence to behavioral measures because it fostered greater autonomous regulation
Increasing wellbeing through energy demand reduction for net zero: Citizen perceptions of co-benefits of local measures
Energy demand reduction options can make an important contribution to a Net Zero transition for climate change mitigation, and also offer multiple social, economic, and environmental ‘co-benefits’. However, these co-benefits are often insufficiently accounted for in policy making, which tends to focus on direct economic costs and benefits. Applying Multi Criteria Mapping and survey methods, the paper investigates how citizens in two UK regions va…
Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide
In a recent review of research on the role of social relations in shaping energy demand, authors documented increasing interest in relational approaches to energy [1]. Relational approaches to energy conceive of human behaviour as produced and reproduced by social relations and interactions, placing relationships at the centre of inquiry, as well as understanding these relationships in the context of infrastructure and the built environment. In t…
Landlords' accounts of retrofit: A relational approach in the private rented sector in England
Climate change commitments and the current global energy and living cost crises require investment into energy efficiency in buildings. With one of the oldest housing stocks in Europe, the energy intensity of buildings in the United Kingdom remains high compared to other countries. The adoption of energy retrofit measures can support tackling several social, economic, and environmental objectives. Scarce uptake of these is particularly evident wi…
Rethinking retrofit: Relational insights for the design of residential energy efficiency policy
The ‘retrofit’ of energy efficiency, low carbon heating and renewable microgeneration measures in homes is a major focus for energy and climate policy. Yet despite policy interventions, few countries are achieving their residential decarbonisation targets. In this paper we argue that a core reason for this failure is the mainstream ‘rational actor’ framing of households, which guides energy efficiency policymaking. We introduce an alternative ‘re…
A global south perspective on the interplay between innovation policy mix and technological innovation systems dynamics: The case of Dhaka City's road passenger transport system
En route to decarbonization: A periodisation of just transition in four carbon-intensive EU regions
In 2019, the European Commission launched the Green Deal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, with the decarbonization of energy sources as one of its pillars. However, decarbonization is proceeding unevenly and is creating significant disruption, especially for regions that are heavily dependent on coal cycle activities. We do not know exactly how, when and why regional actors switch from resisting decarbonization to more adaptive, and transfo…
The Green New Deal: Historical insights and local prospects in the United Kingdom (UK)
Social implications of energy infrastructure digitalisation and decarbonisation
Digitalisation provides opportunities to decarbonise energy and, simultaneously, address social exclusion and inequality—but it is unclear whether and how these opportunities are realised. Three case studies investigate whether ongoing energy infrastructure digitalisation processes are accommodating commoning or enclosure, using a continuum of commoning versus enclosure practices to examine this question. Multi-sited fieldwork throughout the peri…
Who applies for energy grants
Most domestic energy retrofit policies in the UK are designed to incentivise economically rational consumers. Logically, this should mean that applicants to domestic energy incentives are those who can financially benefit the most from these subsidies. Here, we test this logic by asking the question ‘what types of households apply for domestic energy incentives in the UK?’. To answer this question, we systematically assess the characteristics of …
Inclusive innovation in just transitions: The case of smart local energy systems in the UK
Inclusive innovation addresses the challenges and aspirations of poor and marginalised groups in society. Attention towards these groups is also important for social justice in sustainable transitions. How can research insights from inclusive innovation contribute to just transitions? In this paper, based on original mixed methods data, analysis built around levels of inclusion is applied empirically to the case of smart local energy systems in t…
Russia's war on Ukraine, European energy policy responses & implications for sustainable transformations
Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves throughout Europe and has painfully exposed the continent's dependence on a geopolitical adversary. Energy is closely tied into the ongoing battle: Europe is committed to phasing out Russian fossil fuel imports, whilst Russia, in turn, has cut gas supplies to a number of countries and significantly reduced flows to others. Given historical tensions between delivering supply security and o…
Conflicted transitions: Exploring the actors, tactics, and outcomes of social opposition against energy infrastructure
Given the growing frequency, severity, and salience of social mobilization and community action on energy and climate issues, in this study we systematically explore the configurations of types of infrastructure, actors, tactics, and outcomes of recent opposition to energy transitions across seven carbon-intensive regions in Asia, Europe, and North America. Based on both a literature review and an original dataset of 130 case studies spanning the…
A socio-technical lens on security in sustainability transitions: Future expectations for positive and negative security
A transition to net-zero carbon energy systems, imperative to combat climate change, is unfolding around the world. Other socio-technical systems also face the need to transition to become more environmentally and socially sustainable. We argue that such transitions will have both positive and negative security implications on numerous issues which deserve attention but have been little addressed in transition studies. We take a socio-technical l…
Aiding or undermining? The military as an emergent actor in global climate governance
The military is emerging as an important actor in climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly when it comes to responding to climate extremes. While not generally considered a “governance actor” in scholarship on climate governance, militaries increasingly participate in climate-related knowledge production, resource provision, and decision-making. However, the nature and degree of involvement of militaries in these issues vary from co…
The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability
Shifting political power in an era of electricity decentralization: Rescaling, reorganization and battles for influence
Elite power in low-carbon transitions: A critical and interdisciplinary review
Comparative studies of water governance: A systematic review
Powershifts: A framework for assessing the growing impact of decentralized ownership of energy transitions on political decision-making
Augmenting the IAD framework to reveal power in collaborative governance – An illustrative application to resource industry dominated processes
A Role for Nature-Based Citizen Science in Promoting Individual and Collective Climate Change Action? A Systematic Review of Learning Outcomes
As a model of communication and engagement, citizen science has the potential to promote individual and collective climate change action. This article systematically reviewed literature that jointly addressed climate change and nature-based citizen science and identified 23 reported learning outcomes. Overall, evidence related to learning outcomes was limited across reviewed studies, but documentation of outcomes that are directly relevant to col…
Conflicted transitions: Exploring the actors, tactics, and outcomes of social opposition against energy infrastructure
Given the growing frequency, severity, and salience of social mobilization and community action on energy and climate issues, in this study we systematically explore the configurations of types of infrastructure, actors, tactics, and outcomes of recent opposition to energy transitions across seven carbon-intensive regions in Asia, Europe, and North America. Based on both a literature review and an original dataset of 130 case studies spanning the…
Elite power in low-carbon transitions: A critical and interdisciplinary review
Powershifts: A framework for assessing the growing impact of decentralized ownership of energy transitions on political decision-making
Shifting political power in an era of electricity decentralization: Rescaling, reorganization and battles for influence
Russia's war on Ukraine, European energy policy responses & implications for sustainable transformations
Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves throughout Europe and has painfully exposed the continent's dependence on a geopolitical adversary. Energy is closely tied into the ongoing battle: Europe is committed to phasing out Russian fossil fuel imports, whilst Russia, in turn, has cut gas supplies to a number of countries and significantly reduced flows to others. Given historical tensions between delivering supply security and o…
Augmenting the IAD framework to reveal power in collaborative governance – An illustrative application to resource industry dominated processes
State roles and motivations in collaborative approaches to water governance: A power theory-based analysis
Inclusive innovation in just transitions: The case of smart local energy systems in the UK
Inclusive innovation addresses the challenges and aspirations of poor and marginalised groups in society. Attention towards these groups is also important for social justice in sustainable transitions. How can research insights from inclusive innovation contribute to just transitions? In this paper, based on original mixed methods data, analysis built around levels of inclusion is applied empirically to the case of smart local energy systems in t…
A socio-technical lens on security in sustainability transitions: Future expectations for positive and negative security
A transition to net-zero carbon energy systems, imperative to combat climate change, is unfolding around the world. Other socio-technical systems also face the need to transition to become more environmentally and socially sustainable. We argue that such transitions will have both positive and negative security implications on numerous issues which deserve attention but have been little addressed in transition studies. We take a socio-technical l…
The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability
Coping with decarbonisation: An inventory of strategies from resistance to transformation
A “coping strategies” inventory responding to decarbonisation policy is introduced. • Resistance strategies often point to unaddressed justice issues. • Bottom-up and inclusive strategies are more transformative. • A majority of strategies reproduce existing unequal logics. • Resistance strategies are often counter-intuitively linked to transformations. Decarbonisation is progressing rapidly and different actors respond to its impacts in differen…
Rethinking retrofit: Relational insights for the design of residential energy efficiency policy
The ‘retrofit’ of energy efficiency, low carbon heating and renewable microgeneration measures in homes is a major focus for energy and climate policy. Yet despite policy interventions, few countries are achieving their residential decarbonisation targets. In this paper we argue that a core reason for this failure is the mainstream ‘rational actor’ framing of households, which guides energy efficiency policymaking. We introduce an alternative ‘re…
Aiding or undermining? The military as an emergent actor in global climate governance
The military is emerging as an important actor in climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly when it comes to responding to climate extremes. While not generally considered a “governance actor” in scholarship on climate governance, militaries increasingly participate in climate-related knowledge production, resource provision, and decision-making. However, the nature and degree of involvement of militaries in these issues vary from co…
Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide
In a recent review of research on the role of social relations in shaping energy demand, authors documented increasing interest in relational approaches to energy [1]. Relational approaches to energy conceive of human behaviour as produced and reproduced by social relations and interactions, placing relationships at the centre of inquiry, as well as understanding these relationships in the context of infrastructure and the built environment. In t…
Landlords' accounts of retrofit: A relational approach in the private rented sector in England
Climate change commitments and the current global energy and living cost crises require investment into energy efficiency in buildings. With one of the oldest housing stocks in Europe, the energy intensity of buildings in the United Kingdom remains high compared to other countries. The adoption of energy retrofit measures can support tackling several social, economic, and environmental objectives. Scarce uptake of these is particularly evident wi…
Who applies for energy grants
Most domestic energy retrofit policies in the UK are designed to incentivise economically rational consumers. Logically, this should mean that applicants to domestic energy incentives are those who can financially benefit the most from these subsidies. Here, we test this logic by asking the question ‘what types of households apply for domestic energy incentives in the UK?’. To answer this question, we systematically assess the characteristics of …
En route to decarbonization: A periodisation of just transition in four carbon-intensive EU regions
In 2019, the European Commission launched the Green Deal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, with the decarbonization of energy sources as one of its pillars. However, decarbonization is proceeding unevenly and is creating significant disruption, especially for regions that are heavily dependent on coal cycle activities. We do not know exactly how, when and why regional actors switch from resisting decarbonization to more adaptive, and transfo…
A global south perspective on the interplay between innovation policy mix and technological innovation systems dynamics: The case of Dhaka City's road passenger transport system
Power in Collaborative Approaches to Governance for Water: A Systematic Review
State roles and motivations in collaborative approaches to water governance: A power theory-based analysis
A Role for Nature-Based Citizen Science in Promoting Individual and Collective Climate Change Action? A Systematic Review of Learning Outcomes
As a model of communication and engagement, citizen science has the potential to promote individual and collective climate change action. This article systematically reviewed literature that jointly addressed climate change and nature-based citizen science and identified 23 reported learning outcomes. Overall, evidence related to learning outcomes was limited across reviewed studies, but documentation of outcomes that are directly relevant to col…
Comparative studies of water governance: A systematic review
Powershifts: A framework for assessing the growing impact of decentralized ownership of energy transitions on political decision-making
Augmenting the IAD framework to reveal power in collaborative governance – An illustrative application to resource industry dominated processes
Elite power in low-carbon transitions: A critical and interdisciplinary review
Shifting political power in an era of electricity decentralization: Rescaling, reorganization and battles for influence
Aiding or undermining? The military as an emergent actor in global climate governance
The military is emerging as an important actor in climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly when it comes to responding to climate extremes. While not generally considered a “governance actor” in scholarship on climate governance, militaries increasingly participate in climate-related knowledge production, resource provision, and decision-making. However, the nature and degree of involvement of militaries in these issues vary from co…
The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability
Russia's war on Ukraine, European energy policy responses & implications for sustainable transformations
Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves throughout Europe and has painfully exposed the continent's dependence on a geopolitical adversary. Energy is closely tied into the ongoing battle: Europe is committed to phasing out Russian fossil fuel imports, whilst Russia, in turn, has cut gas supplies to a number of countries and significantly reduced flows to others. Given historical tensions between delivering supply security and o…
Conflicted transitions: Exploring the actors, tactics, and outcomes of social opposition against energy infrastructure
Given the growing frequency, severity, and salience of social mobilization and community action on energy and climate issues, in this study we systematically explore the configurations of types of infrastructure, actors, tactics, and outcomes of recent opposition to energy transitions across seven carbon-intensive regions in Asia, Europe, and North America. Based on both a literature review and an original dataset of 130 case studies spanning the…
A socio-technical lens on security in sustainability transitions: Future expectations for positive and negative security
A transition to net-zero carbon energy systems, imperative to combat climate change, is unfolding around the world. Other socio-technical systems also face the need to transition to become more environmentally and socially sustainable. We argue that such transitions will have both positive and negative security implications on numerous issues which deserve attention but have been little addressed in transition studies. We take a socio-technical l…
The Green New Deal: Historical insights and local prospects in the United Kingdom (UK)
Social implications of energy infrastructure digitalisation and decarbonisation
Digitalisation provides opportunities to decarbonise energy and, simultaneously, address social exclusion and inequality—but it is unclear whether and how these opportunities are realised. Three case studies investigate whether ongoing energy infrastructure digitalisation processes are accommodating commoning or enclosure, using a continuum of commoning versus enclosure practices to examine this question. Multi-sited fieldwork throughout the peri…
Who applies for energy grants
Most domestic energy retrofit policies in the UK are designed to incentivise economically rational consumers. Logically, this should mean that applicants to domestic energy incentives are those who can financially benefit the most from these subsidies. Here, we test this logic by asking the question ‘what types of households apply for domestic energy incentives in the UK?’. To answer this question, we systematically assess the characteristics of …
Inclusive innovation in just transitions: The case of smart local energy systems in the UK
Inclusive innovation addresses the challenges and aspirations of poor and marginalised groups in society. Attention towards these groups is also important for social justice in sustainable transitions. How can research insights from inclusive innovation contribute to just transitions? In this paper, based on original mixed methods data, analysis built around levels of inclusion is applied empirically to the case of smart local energy systems in t…
Risk perception as a motivational resource during the Covid-19 pandemic: The role of vaccination status and emerging variants
These findings suggest that risk severity served as a critical and dynamic resource for adherence to behavioral measures because it fostered greater autonomous regulation
Increasing wellbeing through energy demand reduction for net zero: Citizen perceptions of co-benefits of local measures
Energy demand reduction options can make an important contribution to a Net Zero transition for climate change mitigation, and also offer multiple social, economic, and environmental ‘co-benefits’. However, these co-benefits are often insufficiently accounted for in policy making, which tends to focus on direct economic costs and benefits. Applying Multi Criteria Mapping and survey methods, the paper investigates how citizens in two UK regions va…
Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide
In a recent review of research on the role of social relations in shaping energy demand, authors documented increasing interest in relational approaches to energy [1]. Relational approaches to energy conceive of human behaviour as produced and reproduced by social relations and interactions, placing relationships at the centre of inquiry, as well as understanding these relationships in the context of infrastructure and the built environment. In t…
Landlords' accounts of retrofit: A relational approach in the private rented sector in England
Climate change commitments and the current global energy and living cost crises require investment into energy efficiency in buildings. With one of the oldest housing stocks in Europe, the energy intensity of buildings in the United Kingdom remains high compared to other countries. The adoption of energy retrofit measures can support tackling several social, economic, and environmental objectives. Scarce uptake of these is particularly evident wi…
Rethinking retrofit: Relational insights for the design of residential energy efficiency policy
The ‘retrofit’ of energy efficiency, low carbon heating and renewable microgeneration measures in homes is a major focus for energy and climate policy. Yet despite policy interventions, few countries are achieving their residential decarbonisation targets. In this paper we argue that a core reason for this failure is the mainstream ‘rational actor’ framing of households, which guides energy efficiency policymaking. We introduce an alternative ‘re…
A global south perspective on the interplay between innovation policy mix and technological innovation systems dynamics: The case of Dhaka City's road passenger transport system
En route to decarbonization: A periodisation of just transition in four carbon-intensive EU regions
In 2019, the European Commission launched the Green Deal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, with the decarbonization of energy sources as one of its pillars. However, decarbonization is proceeding unevenly and is creating significant disruption, especially for regions that are heavily dependent on coal cycle activities. We do not know exactly how, when and why regional actors switch from resisting decarbonization to more adaptive, and transfo…
Coping with decarbonisation: An inventory of strategies from resistance to transformation
A “coping strategies” inventory responding to decarbonisation policy is introduced. • Resistance strategies often point to unaddressed justice issues. • Bottom-up and inclusive strategies are more transformative. • A majority of strategies reproduce existing unequal logics. • Resistance strategies are often counter-intuitively linked to transformations. Decarbonisation is progressing rapidly and different actors respond to its impacts in differen…
Economics (15 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (15 works) · Political science (14 works) · Business (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Politics (10 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (7 works)